Later that night it was back into the land that time forgot. The last time I hit The Penny Arcade, Anthrax was on stage. But on this particular night it was JOHNNY SMOKE's on-stage celebration for its new CD, For A Dollar, which apparently is a little right wing in the lyric department. Pumped through The Arcade's mammoth PA the band sounded outstanding, full of the rock swagger and bravado a lot of new American bands have forsaken.I talked with Bernie Talty - a.k.a. Skull - the other day, and he says there's hope. You see, Talty gives guitar lessons and a lot of kids are coming in wanting to learn Angus and Tony and Jimmy riffs again.Which leads me back to JOHNNY SMOKE. It ain't young and it ain't necessarily doing anything new, but it's got balls, and it will not be denied. Kids are just gonna have to put down the Coheed and Cambria and go dig some rock like JOHNNY SMOKE, or The New York Vaults or Methanol.